CVE-2022-25885 Denial of Service (DoS)
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using the muhammara or hummus libraries by providing invalid data to PDFStreamForResponse.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-25885?
CVE-2022-25885 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in hummus, published on 1 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The package muhammara before 2.6.0; all versions of package hummus are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when PDFStreamForResponse() is used with invalid data.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25885?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including hummus and muhammara. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
hummus npm | From 1.0.0 | 1.0.111 |
hummus npm | From 1.0.0 | 1.0.111 |
muhammara npm | All versions | 2.6.0 |
muhammara npm | All versions | 2.6.0 |
Products include Muhammara Project Muhammara.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25885?
Upgrade hummus to 1.0.111 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-25885 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-25885 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in hummus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frp9-2v6r-gj97.